Sabrina Singh
{{Short description|American administrator (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sabrina Singh
|image = 230119-D-BN624-0033 Sabrina Singh (cropped).jpg
|caption = Singh in 2023
|office = Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary
|1namedata = Lloyd Austin
|1blankname = Secretary
|2blankname = Leader
|2namedata = John Kirby
Patrick S. Ryder
|term_start = April 2022
|term_end = January 20, 2025
|predecessor = Jamal Brown
|successor = Kingsley Wilson
|office1 = Deputy Press Secretary for the Vice President
|vicepresident1 = Kamala Harris
|term_start1 = January 20, 2021
|term_end1 = March 31, 2022
|predecessor1 = Samantha Schwab
|successor1 = Ernesto Apreza
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}}
|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|spouse = Mike Smith
|education = University of Southern California (BA)
}}
Sabrina Singh (born 1988){{cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Revathi |title=Sabrina Singh, Kamala Harris's Press Secretary Who Has Worked on 2 US Presidential Campaigns |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/sabrina-singh-kamala-harriss-press-secretary-who-has-worked-on-2-us-presidential-campaigns/485556/ |publisher=ThePrint |date=August 20, 2020}} is an American administrator who served as the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the United States Department of Defense from April 2022 to January 2025. Singh previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Vice President Kamala Harris in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Biden-appoints-Indian-American-Sabrina-Singh-as-White-House-deputy-press-secretary-/08-01-2021-363292|title=Biden appoints Indian-American Sabrina Singh as White House deputy press secretary|website=BW Businessworld|access-date=8 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/joe-biden-names-indian-american-sabrina-singh-as-us-white-house-deputy-press-secretary-2349854|title=Indian-American Sabrina Singh Named White House Deputy Press Secretary|website=NDTV.com|access-date=8 January 2021}}
Career
She is an alumna of the USC School of International Relations.{{cite web |last=Mohan |first=Geeta |title=Sabrina Singh Makes 1st Indian-American Press Secretary to US VP Nominee. Who Is Sabrina? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/sabrina-singh-indian-american-press-secretary-us-vp-nominee-kamala-harris-profile-1712343-2020-08-18 |publisher=India Today |date=August 18, 2020}}
Singh started her career as the press assistant at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She served as the Press Secretary to Kamala Harris, the former Vice President of the United States, when Harris was California's senator. Earlier, Singh was appointed as a National Spokesperson for Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign. She has also served as the National Press Secretary for Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign. She was the Communications Director in Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Arunima |title=Five Things To Know About Sabrina Singh, The Soon-To-Be White House Deputy Press Secretary |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/who-is-sabrina-singh-5-things-to-know-white-house-deputy-press-secretary-kamala-harris/ |publisher=SheThePeople.TV |date=January 9, 2021}} Singh has served as the Deputy Communications Director for the Democratic National Committee, and spokeswoman for American Bridge's Trump War Room.{{cite news |title=Indian-American Sabrina Singh named White House Deputy Press Secretary |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indianamerican-sabrina-singh-named-white-house-deputy-press-secretary-11610153842226.html |publisher=Livemint |date=January 9, 2021}}
Since her departure from the federal administration she has commented on military and economic policy on Fox News as part of their "All-Star" panel,{{Cite web |date=2025-04-01 |title=Trump's tariffs are part of a 'larger economic plan,' explains podcast host {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370899343112 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=The world is going to watch if the Israel-Hamas ceasefire can continue to hold, says Sabrina Singh {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368277486112 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-10 |title=Why is the Kabul bombing planner facing justice now? {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369854912112 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} and commented on the US military groupchat leak for multiple news outlets.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Video 'It is a very big deal': former Pentagon official on Signal group chat leak |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/big-deal-former-pentagon-official-signal-group-chat-120275118 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=ABC News |language=}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-26 |title=Opinion {{!}} Pete Hegseth, not Mike Waltz, made the biggest mistake in the Signal scandal |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/pete-hegseth-signal-houthis-group-text-atlantic-rcna197992 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-03-25 |title=Former Pentagon Spokesperson Speaks Out About Leaked War Plans |url=https://www.military.com/video/former-pentagon-spokesperson-speaks-out-about-leaked-war-plans |website=Military.com |language= |agency=Associated Press}}
Personal life
Sabrina Singh is of Sikh heritage.{{cite news |last1=Indo-Asian News Service |title=Sikh-American woman named spokesperson of US Presidential candidate |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/sikh-american-woman-named-spokesperson-of-us-presidential-candidate/story-4tKkRKmzubHjeEYkmim97J.html |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=February 1, 2021}} Her grandfather Jagjit Singh (aka J. J. Singh), the head of the India League of America, hailed from Abbottabad in the present day Pakistan. The family moved to the United States before the Partition of India. Her father Manjit was born in 1956 in New York City; when he was five years old, his parents returned to New Delhi with their entire family. Manjit and his brother Manmohan grew up in Delhi. Following the death of Jagjit Singh in 1976, Manjit and Sabrina's mother Srila, decided to immigrate to the United States again. Manjit was an executive with Sony Home Entertainment and chairman and CEO of Sony India.{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Gouri |date=2014-01-07 |title=Man Jit Singh named president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/HoTOYIehu6LJ6Q8tNUdj1L/Man-Jit-Singh-named-president-of-Sony-Pictures-Home-Entertai.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=mint |language=en}}
She is married to Mike Smith, the political director for Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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